PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jorma Katkeroinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bronko Banger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Katkeroinen
vs
Banger

167 cm
22
142 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

174 cm
22
135 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jorma Katkeroinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bronko Banger!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katkeroinen looks to land a left hand but Banger moved out of range nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Katkeroinen.
Banger slips under a jab.
Banger ducks under a wild hook from Katkeroinen.
Banger has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Banger there as he acknowledges the shot.
Katkeroinen lands a body shot.
Katkeroinen tries to clinch but Banger is having none of it.
Katkeroinen misses the shot to the body.
Banger tries for a takedown but Katkeroinen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Katkeroinen throws a jab when Banger was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Katkeroinen finds it's target.
Katkeroinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Katkeroinen digs a good body shot into Banger's ribs.
Katkeroinen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Banger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Katkeroinen throws a jab when Banger was well out of range.
Katkeroinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Banger has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

Katkeroinen closes the distance and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Katkeroinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Katkeroinen - that landed with a thud.
Katkeroinen landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katkeroinen connects with a knee to the head.
Banger drops down looking for an ankle pick but Katkeroinen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Banger fails to land the takedown.
Jorma Katkeroinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bronko Banger.

Katkeroinen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Katkeroinen tries a knee to the head but Banger blocks it.
Katkeroinen stops a takedown attempt from Banger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katkeroinen works on Banger's body with a couple of short punches.
Katkeroinen gets underhooks to prevent Banger's takedown attempt.
Banger's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Katkeroinen cracks Banger with a nice body shot.
Katkeroinen stalling against the cage.
Banger wants a takedown but no success here.
Katkeroinen stalling the fight.
Katkeroinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Katkeroinen crunches a lovely knee into Banger's ribcage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Katkeroinen.
Banger goes for a takedown attempt but Katkeroinen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Katkeroinen lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katkeroinen scores with a nice right hand.

Banger is rocked!
Banger ducks under a wild hook from Katkeroinen.
Banger ducks under a wild hook from Katkeroinen.
Banger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Katkeroinen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Katkeroinen misses the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Banger takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Banger gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorma Katkeroinen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Katkeroinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Banger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bronko Banger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Katkeroinen throws a hook to the side of Banger's head but Banger sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Katkeroinen cracks Banger with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Banger looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Katkeroinen finish him?
Banger is still on wobbly legs! Can Katkeroinen finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katkeroinen misses with a wild combination.
Nice sprawl there from Katkeroinen as Banger shoots in.
Banger seems to have recovered his senses.
Katkeroinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Katkeroinen just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Katkeroinen closes the distance and clinches.
Katkeroinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Banger takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Katkeroinen.
A short right from Katkeroinen.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Katkeroinen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Katkeroinen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Katkeroinen lands with a left to the head.
Katkeroinen pushes Banger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Banger drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Katkeroinen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Banger goes for a takedown in the clinch but Katkeroinen prevents it.
Jorma Katkeroinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bronko Banger.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Katkeroinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banger looking for a takedown.
Still in the clinch, Katkeroinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Banger is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Katkeroinen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Katkeroinen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Banger is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katkeroinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Katkeroinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Banger backwards.
Katkeroinen lands a big knee to the head and Banger goes down! Katkeroinen pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorma Katkeroinen!
Our winner, Jorma Katkeroinen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.